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The Fixer
Meet Greg Scott, your guide to Junkieville
By Don Terry Feb 23, 2011 at 04:33 PM
Greg Scott is a fixer. In Chicago, where Scott plies his trade, the title is traditionally tapped for the slick... More
Justice for John Conroy
John Conroy spent years exposing police torture in Chicago. Now the alleged leader is on trial, and the reporter is laid off.
By Don Terry Jul 15, 2010 at 08:00 AM
If life were fair and the gods of journalism just, I would be able to report to you that... More
An Icon Fades
Ebony shaped the black middle class, then misread its digital moment
By Don Terry Mar 16, 2010 at 08:00 AM
Ebony magazine, the African-American monthly, has been a beloved institution in black America for more than sixty years. These days... More
Lou and Me
‘We work at a newspaper, a real newspaper’
By Don Terry Jan 12, 2010 at 08:00 AM
Late into another sleepless Chicago night, I drag a blue-blooded widow and a balding curmudgeon under the covers with me,... More
Hats Off to Larry
Larry King Live takes a dramatic, emotional look at the execution of the D.C. sniper
By Don Terry Nov 11, 2009 at 05:31 PM
Thank you, Larry King, for delivering—to borrow a phrase—a fair and balanced program Tuesday night on the execution of the... More
‘See you on the other side’ - Meet Jessica Lum, a terminally ill 25-year-old who chose to spend what little time she had practicing journalism
#Realtalk: This is the best moment to be in journalism - The old stuff isn’t coming back, but that’s okay
Streams of consciousness - Millennials expect a steady diet of quick-hit, social-media-mediated bits and bytes. What does that mean for journalism?
Sticking with the truth - How ‘balanced’ coverage helped sustain the bogus claim that childhood vaccines can cause autism
An ink-stained stretch - Can Aaron Kushner save the Orange County Register—and the newspaper industry?
This is the best moment to be in journalism (25)
The WSJ editorial page hits rock bottom (19)
The completist guide to Star Trek
Matt Yglesias watched every Star Trek movie and every episode of every TV show in the franchise
The uncomfortable questions not raised by Benghazi
The press and Congress are asking the wrong questions
Rob Ford in ‘crack cocaine’ video scandal
A video that appears to show Toronto’s mayor smoking crack is being shopped around by a group of Somali men involved in the drug trade
Why the underwear-bomber leak infuriated the Obama administration
The threat of even grander leaks
CJR's Guide to Online News Startups
Uptown Messenger – Hyperlocal news for a neighborhood in New Orleans
Who Owns What
The Business of Digital Journalism
A report from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Questions and exercises for journalism students.
